Internet Marketing Watch 8 August 2008

Today’s round up includes Google admitting their $1 billion spend on AOL may not have been the best investment they have ever made, a list of 15 large corporations that make the most of their company blog and a new method of driving traffic to your website using keywords which affect your social life.

Google admits their $1 billion investment in AOL may be a “LOSS”, but that’s small fry compared to the Northern Rock fiasco. [StartUpMeme]

Dean Hunt explains an exciting search engine marketing technique he has developed and calls “life bombing”. [Dean Hunt]

Think you are making good money online? Check your earnings against some of the big stars and perhaps that will motivate you to work harder! [Zac Johnson]

Here’s a cool timeline which tracks the history of the various internet fads and trends since the very early days. [CNet]

Sitepoint reveals 15 companies that really “get” corporate blogging. [SitePoint]

Case Stevens discusses how to get the first 10,000 visitors to your website or blog. [Affordable Internet Marketing]

Stephen York writes about how to make an affiliate income from search engine traffic. [John Chow]

Newbie? Here are 33 internet marketing terms you should know. [Conversation Marketing]

Need a blogging job? Darren Rowse lists eight jobs currently on offer at his ProBlogger job board. [ProBlogger]

Listen to Andrew Wee’s Friday Podcast, this week he discusses affiliate income strategies with industry “super affiliate” Jeremy Palmer. [WhoIsAndrewWee]